1948 · Gottlieb & Block Marble Company
Lady Robin Hood
Golden-yellow flat painted field, dark blue rolling hills, green trees and shrubbery, small distant castle and village rooftops, grey metal bow-target ring, green grassy lower field and wooden frame with black iron scroll corners.
- Year
- 1948
- Maker
- Gottlieb & Block Marble Company
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
2 games under this title
Made by
- Design
- Harry Mabs
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Standard
- yellow
- red
- pale blue
- cream
Fingerprint: Pale blue-yellow centre-lane kite-shaped score panels stacked vertically, red SPECIAL scroll crowning lane, cream discs A and R below, four glossy blue oval bumpers reading 10000-WHEN-LIT symmetric pairs, three painted women in swimwear (upper two, lower corners), spear-holding figure lower-right, yellow bumpers bearing letters, bilaterally symmetrical layout, cream-gold ground, 1950s pin-up cartoon style, flat black outlines
The most memorable feature is the tall pale blue and yellow centre lane of kite-shaped score panels stacked up the middle, crowned by a red SPECIAL scroll, with two cream discs bearing the letters A and R and a red-and-white bullseye target below them. Four identical glossy blue oval bumpers reading 10,000 WHEN LIT sit in symmetric pairs across the middle, framed by dramatic pale sunburst stripes. Three painted women in swimwear are part of the playfield art itself, not just decoration: two at the top and one at each lower corner, the lower-right figure holding a long diagonal spear. Round yellow bumpers at the edges carry single black letters, including a T at upper left and an E at lower left.
Setting
- Flat pale cream painted ground with pale sunburst and ray stripes
- No scenic background, purely graphic score-field
- Wooden cabinet side rails and glass reflections visible at the edges
Symbols
- Red-and-white concentric bullseye target
- Five-pointed white stars on the red pop-bumper caps
- Red scroll banners
- White inverted arrow
- Blue oval bumper caps
- Pale radiating sunburst stripes
- Kite and diamond shaped score panels
- Two cream discs carrying the letters a and r
- Crown on the upper-right figure
Notable shapes
- Tall stacked centre lane of diamond and kite shaped panels
- White inverted arrow over the lower centre
- Four blue oval bumpers arranged in mirror pairs
- Pale sunburst ray clusters behind each scoring feature
- Circular yellow bumpers carrying single black letters t and e
- Clear plastic rails and lane guides at the lower edge
- Wooden cabinet rails visible down both sides of the playfield
Art motifs
- Flat cel-shaded cartoon pin-up figures
- Hard black outline shapes
- Radiating ray bursts behind each scoring feature
- Symmetrical mirror-image left/right arrangement
- Mid-century advertising illustration style
Themes
- Pin-up beauty
- Score-value advance
- Sports arena
- Bowling-alley style numerals
Text on it
- 10,000 LIT
- WHEN 50,000 LIT
- SPECIAL
- A
- R
- 10,000 WHEN LIT
- ADVANCE
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- Bonus
- 20,000
- 30,000
- 40,000
- 60,000
- 70,000
- GOTTLIEB CO MFG
- TILL ENDS GAME
- LIMIT 8 GAMES
- INSTRUCTIONS
- 5 BALLS
- TILT
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Top left of centre lane: blonde woman with swept-up hair, pale skin, wearing a dark two-piece swimsuit, leaning in from the left with one arm extended downwards, drawn in flat 1950s pin-up cartoon style with black outlines and cel shading. |
| Woman | Top right of centre lane: red-haired woman in a bright red two-piece swimsuit with a small crown or tiara on her head, leaning in from the right, one arm raised, flat cartoon pin-up style with heavy black outline. |
| Woman | Lower left corner: brunette woman in a pale blue two-piece swimsuit, kneeling or crouching, facing inward towards the centre, holding a long thin spear or lance that runs diagonally up and across the lower playfield. |
| Woman | Lower right corner: brunette woman in a blue two-piece swimsuit with matching blue shorts, standing and facing inward, one arm extended holding the long diagonal spear, cartoon pin-up style. |
A vertically framed electro-mechanical pinball playfield, painted on a pale cream ground and photographed through glass, with the wooden cabinet side rails visible left and right and reflective glare across the whole surface. The layout is strongly bilaterally symmetrical. A narrow painted lane runs up the centre: at the top a pale blue kite-shaped panel reading 10,000 LIT, below it a red scroll banner reading SPECIAL, then two cream circles outlined in red containing the letters A and R, then a yellow kite panel reading WHEN 50,000 LIT, then a small horizontal ribbon banner, and beneath that a white inverted arrow marked SPECIAL WHEN LIT with the word ADVANCE above it. A red-and-white bullseye target sits just under the arrow, and two red round pop-bumper caps with white star centres sit symmetrically left and right of centre lower down. Four glossy blue oval bumpers reading 10,000 WHEN LIT are arranged in symmetric pairs mid-field, each ringed by pale radiating stripes. Three painted women in two-piece swimsuits decorate the field: two at the top flanking the centre lane, one brunette at lower left and one brunette at lower right, the latter holding a long spear or lance diagonally. A cream scoring panel at the bottom centre carries the word Bonus in blue script surrounded by 20,000, 30,000, 40,000, 60,000 and 70,000 numerals in coloured ovals. Dominant colours are yellow, red, pale blue, cream and white.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- yellow
- red
- green
- blue
Fingerprint: Robin Hood — full-length blonde woman archer in green hood and red laced bodice inside giant grey metal bow-target ring, vertical strip of coloured numbered panels (9-1) down left edge, seven small bullseyes on yellow legs spelling word across green field, oversized red-white-blue concentric target with arrow, bottom bonus strip of coloured pennants (10-90)
The standout feature is a full-length painted blonde woman archer in a green hood and red laced bodice, poised mid-shot inside a giant grey metal bow-target ring. Second is the layout of value numerals: a top row of four five-digit scores and a right-hand column of six three-zero scores, each on its own coloured scalloped panel like playing-card pips. Third, seven small lettered bullseyes on spindly yellow legs spell a word across the green field, beside one oversized red-white-blue concentric target with an arrow in the bull. Fourth, the bottom bonus strip of coloured pennants numbered 10 to 90 under a blue plaque.
Setting
- Golden-yellow flat painted field
- Dark blue rolling hills
- Green trees and shrubbery
- Small distant castle and village rooftops
- Grey metal bow-target ring
- Green grassy lower field
- Wooden frame with black iron scroll corners
Symbols
- Archery bow and arrow
- Quiver of arrows
- Concentric circular archery targets
- Concentric red-white-blue bullseye
- Shield-like scalloped value panels
- Arrowhead motifs on the panel dividers
- Banner ribbon
- Castle towers
- Tripod target stands
Lettering
- Main title in large flowing white brush script with a heavy black drop shadow on a curved red banner; a smaller black cursive word tucked above the banner's left end; small white condensed sans-serif capitals for the maker line; bold yellow condensed block capitals on a blue plaque for the lower word; individual roundels with single white capital letters; large white numerals with black keylines on coloured pennants and panels.
Themes
- Medieval
- Archery
- Forest
- Target shooting
- Storybook
- Score values
Title on it
- Robin hood
Text on it
- 100 000
- 200 000
- 300 000
- 400 000
- 500 000
- 600 000
- 700 000
- 800 000
- MFG. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.
- Lady
- Robin Hood
- T
- A
- R
- G
- E
- S
- THOUSANDS
- 10
- 20
- 30
- 40
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | A single painted blonde woman archer, shown from the knees up at centre-left. she wears a green hooded cap, a red laced bodice with white lacing, a red skirt with patterned trim, and a green bracer on her drawing arm. her left arm is extended straight out holding a drawn wooden bow, an arrow nocked and aimed to the right; her right hand pulls the string back to her cheek. her face is in three-quarter profile looking right along the arrow, with a confident, faintly smiling expression. a brown quiver of arrows with red-fletched shafts is slung at her left hip. no other human figures appear anywhere on the glass. |
A brightly painted wood-framed backglass, dominated by a wide golden-yellow field with black iron scrollwork at the four corners. Across the upper third a curved red ribbon banner carries the title in large white script with a black drop shadow, with a smaller black script word above its left end; directly beneath it sit two lines of tiny white capital print. At the top edge a horizontal strip of coloured scalloped panels holds four five-digit value numerals in white, each panel a different colour (red, orange, yellow, green). Down the right-hand side a vertical column of six more scalloped panels continues the sequence, each with three small zeroes. The centre-left holds a painted blonde woman archer in a green hood, red laced bodice and red skirt, standing inside a large grey ring of bow-target metal with arrows drawn taut, a quiver at her hip, with dark blue hills, green trees and a small castle behind her. The lower half is a green field with seven round red-and-white bullseyes mounted on yellow tripod legs, each carrying one letter, and a much larger concentric red, white and blue bullseye at lower right with an arrow stuck in its red centre. Below that a blue plaque with yellow lettering sits above a bottom strip of coloured pennants each carrying a two-digit number, all behind curved glass with visible reflections.